Country size comparison

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Russia is about 57 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 5,574% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (80.9 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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